DETAILS OF THE CASE NAME OF THE CASE: (A) Simplex Concrete piles (India) Ltd Vs. (R) Union of India CITATION: MANU/DE/4538/2010 DECIDED : 23.02.2010 COURT : Delhi High Court CORAM : Hon’ble Justice Valmiki J. Mehta FACTS The dispute between the appellant and respondent pertained to awarding of a contract. The respondent had hired the appellant as a contractor for…
Majority of the times article 356 is misused, until the landmark judgment of S. R. Bommai v. Union of India[1]. This case put an end to the arbitrary dismissal of State governments by Central government. And the verdict also ruled that the floor of the Assembly is the only forum that should test the majority…
Around the late 1960s, the Union Carbide India Limited factory was built in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh so that India could make chemical pesticides. These pesticides were made with a variety of dangerous chemicals. One of these chemicals were methyl isocyanate. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy was a result of the leak of the methyl isocyanate (MIC)…
Facts of The Case:- The petitioner Mr. Thappar used to be a prevalent communist of his time and used to be very sceptical of the insurance policies of the then Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, mainly his overseas policy. He published a few articles in his weekly English journal known as Crossroads that expressed…
Brief Details: Relevant Citation: 1971 AIR 1331 Decided on: 16th March, 1971 Court: Supreme Court of India Judge Bench: Honorable Justice S.M. Sikri, J.M. Shelat, C.A. Vaidialingam, A.N. Grover, A.N. Ray Facts of the Case: The petitioner was a rate payer working in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Tribhuvan Narain Singh (the respondent) was appointed Chief…
Brief Details: Relevant Citation: 1996 AIR 946 Decided on: 21st March, 1996 Court: Supreme Court of India Judge Bench: Justice JS Verma, Justice NP Singh, Justice Faizanuddin, Justice Nanavati G.T. Facts of the Case: In this case Gian Kaur (petitioner) and her husband Harbans Singh were convicted for the offence of abetment to suicide of…
Brief Details: Relevant Citation: 1995 (3) SCR 207 Decided on: 6th April, 1995 Court: Supreme Court of India Judge Bench: R.M. Sahai and S.B. Majumdar Facts of the Case: Ramjit Upadhyaya (the deceased) was given life imprisonment in Varanasi Central Jail. He was accused under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code[1], 1860. Happu (the…
UNITED STATES VS CORDOVA, 1950 (CASE STUDY) United States District Court E.D. New York, NO- CR 42082. J. Vincent Keogah , United States Attorney, Brooklyn, New York, for plaintiff. Dominic M. Mello, Brroklyn, New York, for defendant, Cordova. KENNEDY, District Judge. On March 30 1949, one information was filed against the defendant…
Bhopal is known for its historical records, man-made lakes, and greenery, but it is best known as the location of the world’s worst industrial tragedy. On December 3, 1984, a deadly gas spilled from a Union Carbide factory in the Madhya Pradesh city of Bhopal, killing hundreds of people. The catastrophe is now known as…
Brief facts:Appellant, Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati, a commander in the Indian Navy was charged for murder of deceased Prem Ahuja under section 302 and 304, part 1 of IPC. When the appellant was away for his work, his wife, Sylvia, nurtured an illicit relationship with Mr. Ahuja, a friend of Nanavati.On 27th April 1959, Nanavati returned…
